Furuno GP32 manual Creating Routes, Creating a route with the cursor, Sample route

4. ROUTES

In many cases a trip from one place to another involves several course changes, requiring a series of waypoints which you navigate to, one after another. The sequence of waypoints leading to the ultimate destination is called a route. Your unit can automatically advance to the next waypoint on a route, so you do not have to change the destination waypoint repeatedly.

4.1 Creating Routes

You can store up to 50 routes (numbered 01 to 50) and one LOG route, which is used to temporarily store a route. A route may be constructed four ways: by the cursor, by waypoints entered from the waypoint list, by waypoints entered from route menu, and by storing current position automatically or manually.

A route may contain 30 waypoints. When 30 waypoints have been saved, a message informs you that you can no longer save waypoints to the route. Press the [ENT] key to erase the message and save the route, under the name of the first and last waypoint numbers used in the route.

Note: Be sure to record all important routes in a separate log. This unit is not a fail-safe record keeping device.

WAYPOINT	WAYPOINT
(Intermediate point)
	(Arrival point)

WAYPOINT (Intermediate point)

WAYPOINT

(Starting point)WAYPOINT (Intermediate point)

Sample route

Creating a route with the cursor

This is probably the easiest method by which to create a route.

1.Use the cursor pad to place the cursor on position desired. (Cursor position is shown at the bottom of the screen.)

2.Press the [ENT] key. The following window appears.

CURSOR POS. → WPT

ENTER A NEW WPT NAME. 0 0 1_ _ _?

(001:DEFAULT NAME)

QUIT: [MENU]

Waypoint name entry window

The cursor is on the second line of the display. This is where you may enter waypoint name. The number shown is the youngest empty waypoint number. If you want to register the waypoint under that number, and you do not need to change mark shape or enter a comment, press the [ENT] key to register the waypoint, and then go to step 5.

3.If desired, change the waypoint name. Press the [ENT] key.

NAME: 004
34° 39.836'N*	MARK
135° 12.059'E*	x
10-JAN-02	10:25D

TTG 02H00M ETA: 12:25

Exit? LOG RTE?

* Current position

Waypoint attribute edit window

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